Overedge sewing machine



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Singer 'Manufacturlng N. 1., a corporation of New Jersey aaaignor to The Company, Elisabeth,

Application June 10, 1939, Serial No. 278,393 Claims. (01. 112-162) This invention relates to sewing machines of the overedge stitching type using a needle, an under or needle-loop-taking looper and an overedge looper, all coordinated to sew an overseam encompassing an edge of material presented to the machine.

An object of the invention is to provide such a machine with operating mechanism which is quiet running, wear resisting, and free fromobjectionable vibration and which does not interfere with the use of the machine in overseaming circular edges presented at the ends of tubular articles, as in blindstitch-hemming the ends of trousers legs.

A further object of the invention is to provide an overedge sewing machine the stitch-forming elements of which are individually crank-driven and do not interfere with the handling of endless work, such as tube-end operations, where the stitched work which has passed under the presser-foot must be brought back under a work- 'supporting horn and represented to the sewing machine needle to complete the operation. In no other overedge sewing machine with individually crank-driven stitch-forming elements with which I am familiar, can this be done, as the mechanism encroaches upon the space required for the passage of endless work back to the needle.

With the above and'other objects in view, as will hereinafter appear, the invention comprises the devices, combinations, and arrangements of parts hereinafter set forth and illustrated in the accompanying drawings of a preferred embodiment of the invention, from which the several features of the invention and the advantages attained thereby will be readily understood by those skilled in the art.

In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 is a front side elevation of a sewing machine embodying the invention. Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a thread-guide-arm shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the machine. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the machine removed from the baseplate which normally seals the bottom opening in the hollow housing in which the driving mechanisms of the machine are mainly disposed. Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 1, but with certain guard and cover plates removed to expose the needle-loop-taking and overedge loopers. Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view of a part of Fig. 4. Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5*5* of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal vertical section through the machine frame. Fig. 7 is a similar view through the main crank-shaft showing certain cranklubricating ducts. Fig. 8 is a left end elevation of the machine. Fig. 8 is a section on the line OM of Fig. 8. Fig. 8 is a section on the line I -8 of Fig. 8. Fig. 8 is a face view of the trimmer ledger-blade and its carrier-plate. Fig. 9 is a section on the line 9-8 of Fig. 6. i

Fig. 10 is a transverse vertical section through the machine frame in a plane in front of the trimming mechanism. Fig. 10" is a section on the line I il -l0 of' Fig. 10. Fig. 11 is a section through the trimmer-knife-carrying head at the free end of the trimmer-lever. Fig. 12 is a section on the line i2l2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 13 is a fragmentary rear side elevation of the machine showing the feed-bar-supporting fulcrum-pin and feed-lubricating duct leading from the Oilheat radiator. Fig. 14 is a transverse vertical section substantially on the line [4-H of Fig. 6. Fig. 15 is a section substantially on the line 15-4 5 of Fig. 6. Fig. 16 is an elevation of the oil-gage reflecting liner. Fig. 17 is a section on the line i'1--|1 of Fig. 14. Fig. 18 is a transverse vertical section through the machine, showing the workfeeding mechanism in elevation. Fig. 18* is a section on the line lP-IO of Fig. 18. Fig. 18 is a perspective view of the free end of the presserspring. Fig. 19 is a disassembled perspective view of the main and auxiliary feed-bars and their actuating connecting rods.

Fig. 20 is a section on the line 20-20 of Fig. 18. Fig. 21 is a perspective view of the main and auxiliary feed-dogs. Fig. 22 is a perspective view of the auxiliary feed-dog with the needle-ptaking looper 'in threading position relative to the looper-thread-guiding tube. Fig. 23 is a front elevation of the looper in the position shown in Fig. 22. Fig. 23 is a section on the line H' -23" of Fig. 23. Fig. 24 is a section on the line -24 of Fig. 23. Fig. 25 is an elevationoi' the inside of the oil-heat radiator with the outside cover-plate removed. Fig. 26 is an elevation of the back mounting plate for the oil-heat-radiator. Fig. 27 is a section on the line 21-21 of Fig. 25. Fig. 28 is a section on the line 28-28 of Fig. 4. Fig. '29 is a section on the line 29-29 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 39 is a disassembled perspective view of the overedge looper and its supporting slide-pin. Fig. 31 is a perspective view throat-plate of the machine. Fig. 32 is a perspective view of the upper-side of the throatplate steadying bar. Fig. 33 is a top plan view of the -pl s pe imposed upon its steadying bar; the assembly of the two parts being laterally adjustable on the supporting pedestal, and Fig.

of the under side of the I 34 is a disassembled perspective view showing the presser-i'oot and the elements of its hinge connection. with the presser-lever.

The sewing machine is constructed with a frame including a hollow oil-tight casing or main compartment I closed below by means of the removable aluminum bottom plate 2. At

the leit endbi"theiliollowcasing 1'; Figs- 1 and p 4, is a baseextension-3 from which: rises the pedestal 4 of a work-supporting horn 5 around which tubular work may be passed for tube-end The horn .-5.-., -project saway from the hollow casing I and-the work-re turn space 8 thereunder isclearioi' mechanism; I To use this horn and the spacevtliereunden'the, usual cloth-plate 1, Fig. 2, is swung to the left overseaming operations.

about its pivot 8, to an open out-.oi-theeway position. The usual'throat-plate 8 remains seat .42 :and tightening the other, the clamp-screw 45 being loosened, the rockeshatt 38 may be adjustably turned-omits, axis relative to the crankarm- 31- to setthe limits of the needle-stroke where desired;

This adjustment enables the lower'limiting position of the needle to be altered ed upon the top side of the. horn 5,'Fig.- 2,to".

which it is secured for limi ed lateral adustment by. ws' lqj passing" thrgu'gh ..enlarged holes in .thethroat-pla'tjefi'. "The throat-plate 9, Fig. 33,

is jio rmed with, the usual needle-clearance slot I1 and stitch-linger 12. around which the chain of stitches is' forums! by stitch-forming in.- strumentalitiesina manner well" known to those s'lgilledin thje art; The throat-plate has the usual fe'e'dadog slots I3 -and has cut'in its under face agr'ooye- 14, Fig. 31;, which fits the steadyrib I5,"Fig 32,- at the' ub erside oi the arm l8 projecti iig" in theflirec'tlonbf Ieed from the cross-{baril which'is' secured by screws l8 to a seat "i8,-Fig. 8, lnthe horn 5. I The screws I8 pass through enlarged holes in the cross-bar l1 and-when loosened, permit of "a limited adjustment or the bar H in a direction transverse to thel'in'ebf feed which -latter -is,' of. course, parallel. to thefeed-dogslots 13 in the throat-plate 8. --Thisprovision'-for limited lateral adustment permits the needle-clearance slot H to be closely'and accurately set to receive the needle in work 'penetrative thrust; Because of the interiitting rib l5 and" groove 14, Figs. 31, 32 and 33, the throat '8 is" malntain'ed" at all times with its: slots 13- in parallelism with the line of feed and, iiwhen the holding screws l0 and 18 are tightened. aiter. an 'a'dustment, there. need be no concern :about' alignment ..of the throat-plate, since proper alignment maintained by the'key-' connection 64,45 withthercross bar i1.

;; :Jouri1aled :in ithefl irame bearing bushing. 2 I, Fig.2" 6;-:.and;-.in:-the. bushing 22. in the internal frame cross-rib'23, and also int-he end ball-bearingy24, is the=.mainshaft1-25 carryingthe beltpnlleyeandihand-wheel- 28. .The main. shaft issfgrmed, in that portion thereof within the oil- J Needle mechanism *Ig efintermdia'te assailants. .6 and 9, which lubiicatdf"direct ly' by "splash lubrication, .is ted' byjthe' pitncacaspto the .cr'ank-arm 1. 11 the hollowi'ock shait 38. .journaled in the bearinfi b li h pg .39. formed. at its outer end with the arm 80 the clamp 41 for to suit the thread-carrying looper which must enterajloop of thread bowed out from the needle. The pitman '38 carries the downwardly extending oil agitator 48, Fig. 9; which dips into oil in th sump 41; the oil being maintained at the oil} levelo in the sump "at the bottom of the oil-f tightcasing l. The bearing between'thej rock shaft-38, Fig. 6, and bushing 391s lubricated'by oil-mist which collects or condenses in? the in-' ternal frame cut 48 and drips into the external groove 49 extending longitudinally oi"the bushi ing 38 and through the port 58' to the 'internai circumferential oil-distributing groove 5 l Under looper mechanism Cooperating with the needle 20'is the under or needle-loop-taking looper 52 which, in'thenia- 65 it to the crank-bearings 21, 2.3 through the re- I chine illustrated, carries a looper-thread'u. The looper 52, Fig. 4, is secured in a'socketed leg 53 having afoot 54 secured in the groove 55 inthe hub-member 58 which is mounted on the rock shaft-51 having the rib 51* impinged upon by the opposed adjusting screws 58,. 58, Fig. 23*; whereby the hub 58 and looper 52. may beadjusted upon and circularly of the axis otthe rockshaft 51. The foot 54may be'adjusted'alongthe groove 55 in the hub-member 58 to-"adju'st the path of the looper 52 relative to the needle.

The rock-shaft 51 is journ'aled inthe.bushing's 53, 60 in the frame and has fixed theretm'wi'thin the hollow frame casing, a crank-arm 8|; Fig afi', having a ball extremity '82 .whichis connectediby the pitman 83 to the main-shaft crank 21; there being a split bushing 84 between the cranki! and the spherically socketed upper .endjof, the pitman 83.. This bushing expedient is preferably constructed substantially inaco'ordance with the disclosure of my U. S. Batent No. 1,991,945., issued Feb. 19, 1935, and includes the internal keyqdisc 85 which prevents turning of the bushing within the pitman -83 but permits limited oscillation of the pitman 83 on the bushing as the pitman 83 follows the motion otthe, ball 82 at the-end of the crank-arm 8|; The-hub 88, Fig. 3, of the crank-arm 8| has asplit'end-portion 81 which is clamped upon the-rock-shait 51 by-thescrew 88. The rock-shaft 51 is Iormed at -the-outes end of the bushing 58 with a thrust-collar held a ainst the recessed end-lace. 18 oi-the bushing 58 by the bearing of the end of the crank-arm-hub- 88 against the hardened steel washer 1| let into a recess or'seat 12"in ;the frame casting. End play of the shaft 51 is there; by taken up. 4

Overedae mechanism" .Cooperating with the under 10055.824835 needle "is the overedge looper'13 the shank of are rib 88 which enters the notch II in the fulcrum pin 18 and keys the latter against endwise movement, so that the set-screw 82, which enters the notch 88 in the fulcrum-pin 18, is not the sole means for preventing endwi'se displacement of the'fulcrum-pin 18. The guide-pin 18 is secured at'its upper end 'ina socketed boss 84, Fig.

iiaving a foot-plate 88 let into the frame casting I and held in place by screws 88. -Theguide-pin 18 is hollow and is filled by the wick 81 accessible to an oil can at the open upper end of the pin 18 for quick lubrication when the machine is started u'pcold. While the machine is running, the pin 18 receives oil automatically through the wick-'- illled duct 88 in the boss 84 fed through the oilcatching tube 88 leading from its spoon-mouth 88 in the hollow frame casing'2 to the lateral duct 8| in register with the wick-filled duct 88. The overedge looper-lever 14 is connected at its lower end by the pivot-pin 82 to the crank-arm 83 the hub" 84 of which is adjustably clamped, as shown in Fig. 5, upon the outer end of a rock-shaft 85 journaled in bearing bushings 85, 81 in the frame casing 2. clamped upon the rock-shaft 85 within the hollow frame 2 is the split hub 88 of a ball-ended arm 88 which is connected by the pitman I88 to the main shaft crank 28. The various elements of the overedge-looper driving mechanism are, in detail, like their counterparts in the under looper-driving connections and need notbefurther described in detail. It remains to mention the tapered wedge I8 I Fig. 6, in the hub 88 of the crank-arm 88 which is pulled by the screw I82 tightly'again'st a fiat I83 on the rockshaft.85 to' prevent slippageof the hub" on the rock-shaft 85.

Feeding mechanism The work-feeding mechanism is of the differential type including the main feed-dog I84 and auxiliary feed-dog I85 which are mounted, respectively, on the side-by-side main and auxiliary feed-bars I88, I81 slidably, supported at their forked rear ends upon slide-blocks I88 journaled on the reduced eccentric end-portion I 88, Fig. 13, of the stationary fulcrum-pin I I8, rotatively adjustable in the frame pedestal III to vary the elevation of the feed-bar fulcrum I88. The feedbars' receive their rising-and-falling movements from the feed-lift eccentric II2, Fig. 6, on the main shaft 25; said eccentric being surrounded by the usual bearing block I I3 which fits in ways II4, Fig. 19, in the feed-bars. The feed-and return movements are imparted to the feed-bars from main and auxiliary feed-eccentrics H5, H8, removably and replaceably keyed upon the outer end of the main shaft 25 and held thereon by the nut Ill. The main feed-eccentric H5 is connected by thepitman II8 to the lateral post II8 rigid with the main feed-bar I88. The auxiliary feed-eccentric I I8 is connected by the pitman I28 to the lateral post I2I rigid with the auxiliary feed bar I81. Alteration of the feed-and-return movements of the feed-dogs is effected by substitution of feed-eccentrics I I5, I I6 of the desired eccentricities, for those onthe machine. The

feed-bars I88, I81 are maintained snugly in sideby-side working relation by means of the stationary guide-bracket 1' I2I', Figs. 13 and 18', which is rigidly secured to the frame 2 by means 7 area to engage an exposed side face of one of the feed-.

bars. The other feed-bar is confined by the face I2I of the feed-lubricator arm I2I' which is secured rigidly to the stationary feed-fulcrum pin I I8. The feed-lubricator arm I2I has a pair 7 of quick-filled ducts I2I running lengthwise ing the latter.

thereof to pick up oil from the pipe I2I and deliver it to the main and auxiliary eccentric and pitman bearings which wipe the projecting delivery ends of the wicks Ill. The pipe I2I is also wick-filled and receives oil from a special oilheat radiator shown in Figs. 25 and 27 and to be hereinafter more particularly described. The feed-eccentrics H5, H8 and pitmans H8, I28 are protected by the removable frame-guard I2I Fig. 6, which is secured to the frame-base 8 by the screw I2 I r Trimming mechanism The trimming mechanism comprises a stationary lower ledger-blade I22 and an upper reciprocatory trimmer-knife I23. The knife is of inverted L-shape in cross-section and is releasably held for longitudinal adjustment in the inclined groove I24, Figs. 4, 11 and 12, in the knifehead I25 by the clamping-cap I28 and screw I21. The screw I2! is threaded into a cylindrical crossbar I28 received in a split socket I28 in the free end of the trimmer-lever I38 which fits snugly in a horizontal groove I3I in the back face of the knife head I25. The tightening of the screw I21 causes the cylinder-bar I28 to expand the split end of the trimmer-lever and grip the knifehead. When the screw I21 is loosened the knifehead I25 may be adjusted horizontally on the free end of the trimmer-lever I38 and the knife I23 may be adjusted along the inclined groove I24 in theface of the knife-head I25. The former adiustment varies the width of the trimmed edge of material from the line of needle punctures and the latter adjustment permits of compensation for shortening the knife in grinding or sharpen- The trimmer-lever I38 is fulcrumed on the hollow wick-filled pin I 32, Fig. 10, which penetrates the frame casing 2 and .is exposed at its inner end to the oil mist therewithin for lubrication of the trimmer-lever fulcrum. The pin I32 is flxedin the frame by the set-screw I33. The trimmer-lever I38 is actuated by the main shaft eccentric I34 and pitman I35.

The ledger-blade I22 is releasably held for iongitudinal adjustment in the inclined groove I38, Fig. 8 in the face-plate I31 by the overhanging head I 38 of the bolt I 38 which passes lengthwise through the tubular neck I48 of the face plate; said neck I48 being slidably received in a horizontal bore I, Fig. 8, in the work-supporting horn 5. The bolt I38 passes through an inner sleeve I43, Fig. 8, which bears the thrust, of the nut I42 threaded on the bolt I39 to clamp the bolt-head I38 against the ledger-blade I22 The entire ledger-blade and its supporting assembly, including the face-plate I31, the tubular neck I48 and parts contained therein, isspringpressed toward the trimmer-knife I23 by the spring I44 which surrounds the sleeve vI43 and reacts against the stationary abutment plate I45 let into the free end of the horn 5. By means of this spring the ledger-blade I22 is maintained at all times in spring-pressed contact with the (trimmer-knife I23 for effective shear-cutting acspring I44 is resisted by the stationary framebracket" I49, Fig. 4, along which the trimmerlever nIoves, Cramping or side pressures of the trimmer-lever hub upon the fulcrum-pin I32 are thus avoided. The bracket I46, Fig. 4; is laterally adjustable in a horizontal guideway I41 in the machineframe 2 and is held in adjusted position against the free end of the trimmer-lever I30 by the screw I49. The trimmer-lever I30 is protected by the frame hood I49 which is secured to the casing I by two screws I50.

Presser mechanism The presser-foot II is hingedly carried at I52 by the downturned forward free end of the presser-lever I53 which, at its rearward end, is vclamped flat against theface of the upstanding arm I54 by the screw-bolt I55, The upstanding arm I54 has at its lower end a hub I56,-Figs. 8, and 18, which is fulcrumed on the pin I51 fixed in the frame wall I.

The presser-lever I53 is guided in its vertical movements between the downturned end I59, Fig. 4, of a bar I59 and the angle bracket I60 secured to the bar I59; the bar, I59 being secured by screws I6I to the frame hood I49, The-presserlever I53 is formed with a slot I62, Fig. 8, which is entered by a roller I63 on the free ended the cantilever pres'ser-spring I64 the downturned rear end I65 of which, Figs. 6 and Y14, is anchored in the tension boss I66 on the-.frame I. The spring I64 slidably carries a ball I61 which has a depression I69 therein entered by the tip end of a presser-spring regulating screw I69 carried by the frame bracket I10. The free end of the presser-sprlng I64 is guided andcontrolled in Its up-and-down movements by the slot I1I, Fig. 18, in the angle-bracket I60 which receives the roller I12 on the presser-spring I64.: The frame hood I49, Fig. 10, has an inclined clearance slot I13 for the presser-spring I64. 1

The presser-lever I53 has adjustablyflxed to it a lateral stud I14 carrying a roller I15 which extends over the inclined upper edge portion I16 of a presser-lifting lever I11 fulcrumed on the screw I19 on the outside vertical wall of the hood I49 and biased by the spring I19 in a direction to carry the knee I90 of said lever into engagement with the stop ledge I9I on the hood I49.

The lateral stud -I14 has an eccentric shank I92,

Fig. 8, so: that it'rnay be circularly adjusted to eliminate lostv motion-between theroller I15 and inclined edge I16. An adjustable stop-screw I93 limits the presser-lifting'movement of the lever its workingiposition along the line of feed relative to the stitch-forming implements by loosening the clamp-screw I55 and pulling the presserlever I53 forward or pushing it backward to the desired position, and then tightening the screw I55. This adjustment effects a slight change in the angular relation of the arm I54 and presserlever I53 normally rigid with it. This adjustment of the presser-foot is desirable as it permits the stitch-finger I94 to be set longitudinally of the line of feed or line of stitch-formation, so that the overedge thread-loops may be laid either upon the stitch-finger I94 or directly on the work as it passes beyond the free end of the stitchflnger I94, as may be desired. The Presser-hinge I52 comprises a transverse round bottomed groove I5I', Fig. 34, in the presser-foot I5I which is entered by the round bottomed free end I5I of the presser-lever I59 having an aperture I5I therein to receive the tongue of the keeper I5I The pres serI -foot .I5I maybe adjusted as to needle 20.

secured by the screw ill to the shank I5I of the stitch-finger I94 which is clamped by the screw III in a. transverse groove in the presserfoot. The stitch-finger I94 is adjustable laterally oi the presser-foot as it has a clearance slot I5I therein for the clamp-screw I5I.

Thread-controlling mechanism The thread-controlling mechanism of the present machine will be covered in a separate application. The needle-thread t, Figs. 2 and 8, runs from the supply through the tension device I95 and thence through the guide-tube I95 and through the guide-eye I91 at the end of the arm I99 on the end of the guide-tube I96 to the The needle-clamp has a V-shaped notch I99, Figs. 1, 4 and 6 which, when the needle nears the lower end of its stroke, engages and bends forwardly the length of thread between the thread-eye I99 and the needle and acts as ,a stitch-tightener and pull-off, The action of this pull-oil! notch I99 is increased or decreased by rota-tive adjustment of the thread-guide arm I81 and its carrier tube I95, thus positioning the thread-eye forwardly or backwardly, as desired, and lessening or increasing the pull-off action of the V-shaped notch I99 on the needle-thread t.

The under. and overedge looper-threads are 4 controlled by devices working through the slotted ing rock-shaft 95, Figs. 1 and 3, is 'thread-takeup arm I94 which is formed at its free end with a forwardly and downwardly extending hook I95 projecting through one of the slots in the plate I and positioned between the spaced take-up arms I92 carried by the under looper rock-shaft 51. Mounted in a circular aperture I96, in the front plate I90, coaxial with the rock-shaft 95, is the hub I91, Fig. 1, of an arm I98 having at its free laterally extended end a thread-eye I99 which is disposed between the thread-eyes I99 adjacent the hook I95. The arm I99 has a tailpiece 200 which is threaded to receive a clamping screw 20I passing through an enlarged opening 202 in the plate I90 to permit of alimited circular adjustment of the stationary thread-eye I99 about the axis of the rock-shaft 95. The plate I90 is vertically slotted at 203 to pass the thread-guide stud 204 which is carried by the plate 205 into which the clamp-screw 206 is threaded; said screw 206 passing through the vertical slot 203. The thread-guide stud 204 is thus adjustable up and down the slot 203.

The under looper-thread it runs from the supply through the tension-device 201, Fig. 1, and stationary thread-guide 204, thence through both of the thread-eyes I93'and under the hook I therebetween. The thread a then runs horizontally through the guide-tube 209 and vertically in the guide-slot 209 in the front face of the pedestal 4 and horn 5 to the guide-tube 2I0 through which the thread runs to the eye of the under looper 52. The guide-tube 2I0 is held in the bar I1, Figs. 23 and 24, by the set-screw 2H and is rotatively adjustable about its longitudinal axis to present an ungrooved end-portion of the tube to the looper-thread u which tends to saw a groove in the delivery end of the tube 2I0. As shown in Figs. 22 and 23, the tube m terminates close to and in register with the eye of the under looper 52 when the latter is in its may retracted position. This condition facilitates threading the under looper.

The overedge looper-thread 2:, Fig. 1. runs from the supply through the tension-device 2I2 and guide 2I2' to and through the eye I98 in the ad- Justable guide-arm I98 and under the hook I95 to and through the adiacent movable eye I83 and up through'the thread-tube 2|! and under the inverted U-shaped sheet metal thread-guard 2 to the eye of the overedge looper 13.

The timing of the rock-shafts 51 and 85 is such that the eyes I93, moving with the former, are rising as the hook I95, moving with the latter. is falling. This opposed action of the eyes I93 and hook I95 subjectsthe threads u and v to a thread-tightening action which occurs while the needle is nearing the lower end of its stroke and after the retracting looper 52 has shed the needle-thread loop and after the overedge looper I3 has backed out of or shed the under looper-thread loop. Thus, the several shed loops are drawn up or tightened, substantially simultaneously, around one or both of the superposed stitch-fingers I2 and I84 on the throat-plate and presser-foot, respectively,. as desired. 7 I

Although both under threads u and vfare handled by the moving arm I9 I'; acting in conjunction with the moving thread-hook I95,'the

two threads are not treated equally; The provision of the circularly adjustable thread-guide I 98 for the overedge thread 0, and the vertically adjustable thread-guide 284 for the under looperthread u enables the operator to vary the control of either thread u or 0 independently of the other.

Oil-heat radiator f The hollow frame casing or main compart merit I has a large window 2l5, Fig. 4, in its front face for access to the working parts within the casing -I. This window is normally closed oil-tight by the plate 2I8, Figs. 1, 2 and 14. Below the plate 2I8 is an oil sight gaugecomprisacetate thermo-plasticv material or other suitable transparent plastic'materia-l insoluble in oil, having a forwardly bulging diametrical portion 2I8 projecting througha diametrical slot in a lation of air therebetween. This spacing is provided by screwing the box 228, 229 to a spacerbar 2II which is itself screwed at 232, Figs. 2 and 27, to the frame casing rear wall. The box cover 229 and the box 228 are secured together and to the spacer-bar 23I by the three long screws 233. Additional cover screws are provided at 223', Fig. 27, along the lower edge of the cover 229.

The box 228 has fixed in apertures in the wall thereof adjacent .the machine, the horizontal spoon-mouthed oil-catching inlet tubes 234, 235, which extend through the spacer-bar 232 into the oil-splash cavity within the frame casing I. Mounted, within the oil-splash cavity in the casing I is the oil-spray-catching shelf or shallow trough 238, Figs. 2, 4 and 27, which is disposed horizontally and drains at its opposite ends into the spoon mouths ofthe oil-inlet tubes 234, 235.

The box 228 is formed internally with end lugs 231, Figs. 25 and 27, bored vertically to provide ducts 238 to conduct the heated incoming oil from the tubes 234, 235 to the bottom of the box and discharge the heated incoming oil into the bottom of the box from whence it will rise and mix with the cooler oil already in the box and be cooled thereby. The box 228 is formed with oil-overflow or oil-return holes 239 which register with similar holes in the spacer-bar 23I and rear wall of the frame casing I and allow cooled oil from theheat-radiator box 228 to flow back into the casing I and return to the sump at the bottom of the latter.

. shaft bearings 22 and 2|. v40

inlet pipe 234, Fig. 27, and intersects the port 238. receiving oil from the spoon-mouthed inlet pipe ,ing a transparent window-disk 2II of cellulose clamping plate 2|.9 secured by screws 228 to a recessed circular seat22I-,: Figs. 14 and l'Zgin' the base-portion of the frame casing I. Between the plate.2I9 and seat 22I are'interposed a white reflector sheet .2 22, lFigs. 16 and 17, and a gasket 223. The reflector .sheet is apertured for the four screwsj228 and" is further apertured at 224 and 225 in. register with the respective ports 226 and 22! leading intothe oil-chamber in the casing I. The gasket 223 is diametrically slotted to.

expose the white sheet reflector 222 back of the bulged portion 2I8 of the oil gauge window 2". The oil level 0 should be maintained at the halfway mark in-the gauge.

On the rear wall of the casing or main compartment I is mounted the oil-heat radiating sub-compartment 228 which is preferably a cast aluminum alloy box-like member closed at its rear side by the removable plate 229 formed with heat-radiating ribs or fins 238. It will be seen in Fig. 14 that the radiator box 228, 229 consti- I tutes oil-storage meansdisposed practically wholly above the oil level 0 in the casing I Also, the box 228, 229 is spaced away from the rear wall of the frame casing I to permit circu' The box 228 is formed below the outflow holes 239 with a port 248 leading through the registering port 2 in the spacer-bar 23I to the ports 242 and 243 running lengthwise of the spacerbar 23I and connecting, respectively, with the ports 244 and 245, Fig. 6, leading to the main The feed-lubricating pipe I2I previously described, enters one end wall of the radiator box 228 below the level of the Oil. from the feed eccentrics and trimming mechanism, Fig. 6, gravitates to and collects in the oil -pocket 245 in the base-extension 3 and filters through the screen 241 into the port 248 leading to the felt pad 249 in a pocket 258 in communication with the oil-sump within the casing I.

The loopers 52, 13 and their respective carrier levers 53, I4, are guarded in their movements by the removable front g uard-plate 25I, Fig. 1, which is secured by screws 252, 253, respectively, to the trimmer-lever guide-block I46 and to one edge of the thread-controller guard-plate I98.

The edge of the work, after passing the needle 28, is guarded by the trough-shaped guard-plate 254, Figs. 6 and 18, secured by screws 255 to the hood I49.

As shown, the present machine is .a three- I thread overedge sewing machine; the under looper 52 and overedge looper I3 each being a threaded or eye-pointed looper. It will be understood by those skilled in the art, however, that appropriate nonethreaded loopers may be substituted for either or both of the loopers 52, I3 shown, to

- vention, what I claim herein is:

1. An overedge sewing machine having a frame including an oil-tight casing, and a work-supporting horn at one end of said casing, a main shaft journaled in oil-tight bearings in said casing, a needle, a needle-throat-plate carried by said horn, means including a shaft passing through an oil-tight bearing in a wall of said casing for actuating said needle, an under-loopercarrying rock-shaft passing through a wall of said casingand disposed below and transverse to said main shaft, an overedge looper, an overedge-looper-actuating rock-shaft passing through a wall of said casing and disposed below and transverse to said main'shaft,operativeconnections between each of said rock-shafts and'said main shaft within said casing, said'rock-shafts being both disposed at the same side of the vertical plane of action of the needle containing the line of seam-formation.

2. An overedge sewing machine having a frame, including an oil-tight casing and a work-supporting horn at one end of said casing, a main shaft journaled in oil-tight bearings in said casing and having three cranks within said casing, a needle-actuating rock-shaft passing through a wall of said casing and disposed in parallelism with and above the main shaft, a needle actuated by said rock-shaft, an under looper, an under-looper-carrying rock-shaft passing through a wall of said casing and disposed below and transverse to said main shaft, an overedge looper, an over'edge-looper-actuating rock-shaft passing through a wall of said casing and disposed below and transverse to said main shaft, each of said rock-shafts being connected to a respective one of said cranks within said casing, and all of said rock-shafts being disposed at the same side of the vertical plane of action of the needle containing the line of seam-formation.

3. An overedge sewing machine having, in. combination, a frame including a work-support formed with a laterally projecting horn around which tubular work may be passed for a tubeend overseaming operation, said frame also including a hollow housing disposed mainly at that side of the machineframe as a whole from which said horn projects, a main shaft journaled in said frame and including three cranks in said hollow housing, an eye-pointed needle connected to be actuated by one of said cranks, a looper connected to be-operated by another of said cranks, and

an overedge implement connected to be operated by the third one of said cranks, said needle,1ooper, overedge implement and their crank-driven connections being mounted and supported mainly at the side of the line of seam formation excluding the work-supporting horn so that they do not interfere in any manner with the handling of tubular work.

4. An overedge sewing machine having, in combination, a frame including a work-support, a work-feeding element, a main shaft journaled in said frame below'the level of said work-support and connected to operate said work-feeding element, said shaft having three cranks therein at the same side of the line of feed of the maaassnae chine, an eye-pointed needle connected to be op-' erated by one of said cranks, a pivotally mounted needle-loop-taking looper connected to be operated by another of said cranks, and an overedge looper connected to be operated by the third one of said cranks, the pivotal mounting of said needle-loop-taking looper as well as all of said operating connections for said loopers being disposed at the same side of the line of feed as said cranks.

- 5. In an overedge sewing machine, a slideblock, a rectilinear guide-rod for said slide-block, a lever pivoted between its ends to said slideblock, an overedge looper mounted at one end of said lever, a vibratory crank pivotally connected to the other end of said lever, and means to vibrate said crank.

6. In an overedge sewing machine, an over-. edge looper in the form of a lever, a carrier on which said lever is pivotally mounted, a rectilinear guide-rod on which said carrier-is bodi.-. ly slidable, a vibratory crank pivotally connected to said lever, and means to vibrate said crank. 7. In an overedge sewing machine, an overedge looper in the form of a lever, a carrier on which said lever is pivotally mounted, a rectilinear guide-rod on which said carrier is bodily slid,- able, a crank pivotally connected to said lever, a rock-shaft carrying said crank, a main shaft, a crank thereon, and a pitman connection between said last mentioned crank and said rockshaft. 8. In an overedge sewing machine having stitch-forming mechanism including an over-, edge implement, feeding mechanism and a presser-foot carrying a stitch-finger, the improve-- ment which consists in mounting the presser-. foot for adjustment lengthwise of the line of feed to enable the stitch-finger to be positioned urider or in front of the thread laid by the overedge implement. 9. In an overedge sewing machine having stitch-forming mechanism including a needle, an under looper and an overedge looper, feeding mechanism, and a pivoted presser-lever carrying a presser-foot having a laterally adjustable stitch-finger, the improvement which consists in making the presser-lever in two relatively adjustable sections, whereby the presser-foot may be bodily adjusted lengthwise of the line of feed, to enable the overedge stitches to be' laid upon the stitch-finger or directly upon the work passing out from under the stitch-finger, as may be desired.

10. In an overedge sewing machine having stitch-forming mechanism including a needle, an under looper and an overedge looper, feeding mechanism, and a pivoted presser-lever carry-' ing a presser-foot having a laterally adjustable stitch-finger, the improvement which consists in making the presser-lever of two angularly related pivotally connected sections which are ad-,

justable as to their angular relationship to vary the position of the presser-foot and its stitch finger lengthwise of the line of feed.

NICHOLAUS IQIAUS. 

